Louisiana Tech Research Symposium

Left to right: Nehal, Dr. Newman, Ngozi, Katie, Demi, and Erik

Today several of the students in the lab participated in the University's annual research symposium.  Demi, Katie, and Nehal presented posters, and Erik and Ngozi were selected for oral presentations.  I had to teach so missed most of the event, but I hear they all did a great job explaining their research.  It was a tough time of year (this being the last week in the winter quarter), but I am proud of all of them for participating today!!

LBRN Annual Meeting 2016

Dr. Newman and some of her students spent the last 2 days in Monroe, LA at the Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN, @lbrn_inbre) Annual Meeting. Dr. Newman has a full project proposal funded through the LBRN ($300,000 over 3 years!) and today presented on that project and met with the granting agency's advisory council.

Graduate student, Ngozi Ogbonnaya gave a great to talk on the work she did through the LBRN's summer graduate research program with Dr. Lucio Miele at LSUHSC-New Orleans (pictured below).

In addition to the oral presentations, Demi Sandel and Erik Beadle presented posters on their projects and undergraduate Christina Dorsett presented a poster on her research in the LBRN undergraduate summer research program where she worked with Dr. Bruce Bunnell.  Everyone did a great job!!!

Students at the LBRN meeting (left to right: Demi Sandel, Ngozi Ogbonnaya, Erik Beadle, and Christina Dorsett)

Doctoral Program Admissions

As the winter quarter wraps up the master's students in the lab are preparing to graduate in the spring and have applied to doctoral programs.  Everyone is nervously awaiting news and today Erik Beadle heard that he was accepted to Vanderbilt University for a PhD in Biomedical Sciences!  Congratulations Erik!